<h4>Chapter 895: The Renowned Yang Ze</h4>


    To a malicious person, the entire world was filled with malice; to a kind person, the world was far more beautiful. Those filled with malice found malice reflected in lies and deception, in the masks that people wore.


    As the swarm of bugs approached the settlement, the soldiers grouped up and prepared to break through their lines.


    Suddenly, the ground shook. A huge rumble portended the arrival of another five-star bug from underground, a snakelike worm that was the twin of the five-star bug that Li Pu was currently fighting against.


    The humongous worm surrounded the encampment, causing the soldiers, civilians, and Martian ns to let out identical looks of despair.


    "We''re dead now..."


    "Won''t heaven even give us a chance?"


    Unless a miracle urred, there was no hope of escape. No one else had the strength to prevent the bugs'' one-sided ughter. Civilians scattered and fled, children and babies cried, men howled—and the bugs devoured them all.


    While in the middle ofbat, Li Pu found himself distracted by the appearance of a second five-star bug. That distraction left an opening for his enemy, which mmed its tail against Li Pu''s body and sent him falling to the ground like a meteor.


    He smashed into the ground and formed a crater upon impact. Blood seeped out of his mouth as he tried to stand back up, but the bones all throughout his body had been broken. Though he was a fearsome gic hunter, it would take his body quite some time to regenerate. He wouldn''t be able to regain his mobility in the short term.


    Li Pu had already been fighting with serious wounds that had yet to heal fully. The one devastating blow from the five-star bugpletely crippled his ability to fight.


    Hey in the crater, his eyes staring ssily at the sky. He murmured to himself, "We''re doomed."


    He couldn''t have imagined that there was still another five-star bug present at the scene. His body was so badly wounded that he couldn''t even move. None of his soldiers or even the Martian ns had the firepower to overwhelm such bugs on their own.


    The worm that had taken down Li Pu opened its bloodthirsty maw, revealing sharp, spiky teeth all the way down its throat.


    Meanwhile, the soldiers were suffering huge casualties against the other five-star bug blocking their way. At the height of despair, Li Pu suddenly noticed a shadow appearing in the sky. It appeared behind the swarm of bugs that filled the earth and sky, something metallic that seemed to shine behind the swarm of bugs.


    Li Pu''s face widened into a half-crazed smile. "Am I dreaming...?"


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    A pir of light pierced through the bugs in the sky, lighting them ame. It shot straight through the five-star bug''s head, causing it to burst in an explosion of blue ichor.


    Everyone looked up at the sky, at the burning bugs and the sudden sh of light.


    A titanic shuttle could be seen in the distance, with a sleek metal exterior covered in rays of streaking light. They were shocked by its sudden appearance when all hope seemed to be lost.


    Even the bugs seemed surprised by this sudden foe. Those in the sky began to fly haphazardly, and those on the ground scurried aimlessly.


    The five-star bug that was attacking the soldiers twisted its head to the sky and let out a ghastly screech.


    "Yang Ze, go!"


    A small dot burst out of the shuttle, surrounded by pale blue ripples of gic energy. When the soldiers squinted, they could barely make out that the dot was a hunter with his head held high. "[The Boundless de: Shark Frenzy]!"


    Huge sharks manifested in the air and formed a shark horde about a fifth the size of the shuttle—as though the shuttle were releasing a swarm of cruisers tobat the bugs. Spatial ripples swamped the bugs in the sky like the rising tide, allowing sunlight to be visible once more.


    The pale blue sharks careened toward the five-star bug, smashing into its body and destroying it in an instant.


    The hunter''s demonstration of power shocked the soldiers and civilians. The bugs that they were unable to do anything about were killed in one strike by this man who had leapt down from the heavens.


    He alone had reversed the cmitous fate that was about to befall the Martians, who had ughtered a foe that would have stymied the Marshal of me Li Pu himself. Just who could this hunter be?


    The Yang n head was gobsmacked. He squinted, then called out with some hesitation, "Yang Ze?"


    Yang Zended on the ground and turned toward the Yang n head. It was clear that Yang Ze recognized him, but then he turned away.


    Yang Ze nced all around him, at the bugs that were swarming all over. He sent his water-attuned gic energy into the air, causing the white mists of [Mirrored Refraction] to emanate from him.


    "That''s Yang Ze?!" the Gu n head asked uncertainly.


    Another n head queried, "n Head Yang, n Head Gu, it seems like both of you are familiar with this hero?"


    The Yang n head nodded with aplicated expression on his face.


    "Do you remember the Yang hunter who helped win the Void Cup?" the Gu n head replied, with a mocking smile directed at the Yang n head.


    "What?! This hero who fell from the heavens—he''s one of the hunters who won us the Void Cup?" Upon learning of his identity, the soldiers and civilians present began to cheer.


    "He must be here to save us!"


    "Our savior..."


    "They''re true heroes!"


    The atmosphere of despair was washed away with Yang Ze''s mists. The soldiers and civilians present smiled with relief.


    Although the sudden appearance of the titan-ss shuttle had shocked the space bugs, they quickly rallied in a matter of moments. The bugs in the sky furiously struck at the shuttle, while those on the ground swarmed toward the humans.


    As the white mist continued to spread, Yang Ze sent his gic energy swirling around him. Crystalline lotuses condensed in the vicinity of his body.


    The Gu n head continued, "The Yang n head is intimately familiar with this hero. Isn''t that so?"


    The Yang n head''s face turned ugly with regret. The mocking tone in the Gu n head''s voice was evident; Yang Ze had originallye from the Yang n, but the Yang n had spurned him and pushed him away.


    Who would have expected that a nameless bastard like him would undergo such a dramatic metamorphosis after bing one of Zhang Lie''s followers? Not only that, he had even helped win the humans the Void Cup!